This year, instead of Zion hosting its annual Kids Carnival, we decided its the adults turn to play! Please mark your calendar for our March 3rd Bingo for Baskets (and raffle!) event. Bingo will be held in the Crossroads immediately following the 11 a.m. service. Cost is $10 and includes 12 rounds of bingo plus pizza to munch on. Kids 10 and under are free. We will have pizza but encourage families to bring their own snacks and sit together for an afternoon of fun. Family togetherness, pizza, and snacks!? What could be better?!

As you may recall, Zion traditionally hosts a ticket auction during the Kids Carnival. Our congregation is notoriously generous about donating baskets, gift cards, household items, and the like for our auction. This year, instead of winning the prizes via a chance raffle pull, congregants have a chance to win them by playing Bingo! Like Carnival, this event benefits the Zion Youth ELCA trip. And like Carnival, we are, indeed, asking for donated "prizes" - themed baskets, gift cards, etc. If you are wiling to donate, please place your donated prize items in the Sunday School Office no later than February 24th. Pizza donations are also needed. Any and all help is greatly appreciated! Sign up sheets are in the Crossroads.

Back to Bingo: we'll set all of the fabulous prizes out on a head table for all to admire. Then, we'll play bingo! If there are extra prizes at the end of the 12 bingo rounds, we'll pull extra prize winners out of our 50/50 raffle pool. So that's it! Very simple, really - play bingo, pick your prize.

Tickets will be sold before and after services starting in mid-February. Congregants are encouraged to invite their family and friends! This event is designed to hit "pause" on the hustle bustle of our busy lives and allow our families to have fun together. We certainly hope you will join us! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Janelle Nagy.